A TASTE OF HONEY by Darren Coleman
Posted by Daniel on January 18, 2010 · Leave a Comment
Honey learned early in life that her beauty and bedroom prowess are powerful, almost beyond her control. Forced by events that leave her to fend for herself as a teenager, she evolves into a money-hungry vixen as an adult. Using her physical attributes to a lead a suspect lifestyle, Honey treats men like toys – [...]
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CALIFORNIA CONNECTION 2 by Chunichi
Posted by Daniel on December 21, 2009 · Leave a Comment
Who will rule Virginia Beach’s mean streets?
Jewel used to be content with being a ride or die chick, playing Bonnie while the men in her life played Clyde. But now she realizes that it was her connections and street smarts that helped her man, Calico, rise to the top, and Jewel wants to be the [...]
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CAKE by D
It’s less than six months after the events of Got and our nameless narrator has vanished off the Brooklyn grid only to end up in Atlanta, where he now lives with his ambitious but somewhat dim-witted cousin Durante. Flush with cash from the unfortunate events that forced him out of Brooklyn, he has enrolled in [...]
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GOT by D
Posted by Daniel on November 16, 2009 · Leave a Comment
There’s a young man living in the infamous Crown Heights section of Brooklyn. He is an orphaned college student trying to get through his sophomore year at age twenty-three, years behind the traditional undergraduates. His two best friends, Will and Chief, are an ex-drug dealer and a computer hacker. And his boss, Tony Star, is [...]
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THUG LOVIN’ by Wahida Clark
Posted by Daniel on September 28, 2009 · 18 Comments
They’ve got each other, an insane stash of cash, the hottest new club in Los Angeles, and a dream home life complete with newborn twins. Tasha and her ex-baller husband, Trae, have put New York – and its bad-news drama – far behind them. But going legitimate doesn’t come for free. Trae can’t resist falling [...]
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Audio Interview with Wahida Clark
Listen to this audio interview with urban fiction author Wahida Clark. In it, she discusses her current book, Thug Lovin’, and some very interesting business advice that she received in prison. In addition to sharing stories about incarceration and writing, Ms. Clark also share how she give back to the community with Prodigal Sons and [...]
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THE CAKE MAN by Gregory Dixon
Chris King never thought he would have to hustle to make ends meet. His father, Big George, was one of Houston’s most notorious kingpins, and he made sure his family lived comfortably. Chris grew up with best of everything, and he assumed life would always be this easy.
But Big George should have taught his son [...]
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BABY DOLL by Divine G.
Posted by Daniel on August 10, 2009 · Leave a Comment
Brena “Baby Doll” Winbush grew up in the fast streets of Brownsville, Brooklyn. She’s stunningly beautiful, a fighter by nature, and like most people in her neighborhood, her ultimate dream is to become rich. Her ambitious quest for money knows no boundaries.
During an after-school fight with jealous high school foes, Baby Doll’s life takes a [...]
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ICE CREAM FOR FREAKS by DeJon
Posted by Daniel on July 15, 2009 · 2 Comments
In the tradition of cult literary icon, Donald Goines, Ice Cream for Freaks is written with a realness that accurately depicts the bleak conditions of the story’s urban backdrop.
Nathaniel Wilson, better known in his middle class Queens neighborhood as Ice, has a reputation for being a brutal and daring stick-up kid. A seemingly well-planned [...]
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SUGAR DADDY’S GAME by Gregory D. Dixon
Posted by Daniel on July 12, 2009 · Leave a Comment
Jamell White is known as Sugar Daddy. Most of the people who know him assume that his nickname is a reflection of his cash-friendly habits with several beautiful, well-known females. But they couldn’t be more wrong.
Sugar is running game on some of the biggest hustlers on the Gulf Coast. A psychotic drug dealer, a crooked [...]
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